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Published: 2012-01-15 23:59:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 8874; Favourites: 419; Downloads: 76
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Inspired by: [link] and several others like this.Weird title, but It couldn't have been "Melted Crayons"
So I hot glued all the crayons on the canvas and then attempted to melt them with a hair dryer, like everyone else said they did.
But! It didn't work. It took 5 minutes for one to start melting.
So my mom went downstairs and got out her embossing gun. It went a looott faster. I love this, it's really cool and has so much texture.
So yeah, enjoy~
EDIT: Thanks for all of the favs! It blew me away. Now, I do realize that this has been done. That's why I credited it. I didn't come up with this. The reason on why I made it is simply, because I liked those pictures and really wanted one to hang up in my room. So Yes, I know that it has been done and I copied it.
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I agree with spoon. You did the work. You were simply inspired, is all. In my case, I am thinking I shall use Prang crayons. In my experience, they tend to melt a little better. Especially seeing as I only have a Heavy duty hair dryer, and not an embossing gun. I wish I had one of those, though.
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I had the same problem trying to do it with a hair dryer D:
Looks great!
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Regardless if it's been done before or not...you did this,you were inspired and you followed through and have something to show for your work...be proud and screw all the haters...adding this to me faves just to piss 'em off
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Thanks, It was getting annoying with those comments so I just put that. ^^
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I love this piece. It looks really great the way the crayons sort of blend together so that the colors flow into each other
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I just love this. The textures and the colours. I just love to look at it.
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er.. well I don't know how much their used now but my mom used to use it for christmas cards. First you put a special glitter on the way you want and then you use the embossing gun. It makes it raised and gives it texture.
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I know this craft is cool and all but it's been done.
Over.
And over.
And over.
And over.
It's not like it means anything, either. Change it up guys, come on.
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I've seen SOOO many many of these, and they look great and all, but I think people should start thinking of their own ways to make it different, so they're not just copying somebody else. Emphasis on copying.
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So... Is there any real story to this? Or did you just post some crayons you melted and that's it...? Unless you're planning to do like, real melted crayon stuff, like, say, make it into a picture then there isn't much point is there?
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Since when do you need an actual story behind art? >> I do creative stuff just for shits and giggles.
Hell, I won 1st prize in the san diego fair grounds for my piece of art, and I only did it because I needed something to receive a grade for in class.
He should of like... framed it or something though. There's too much clutter in the background.
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Hehe, I Wish now I had. Tt's my computer desk. I just took a picture of it. -.-
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I understand some art has no real 'meaning' to it, ((I don't much see the hype around shitty 'surreal' art when there's almost nothing on the canvas.)) All this person did was melt some crayons, I just don't see any kind of skill in this.
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Since I saw the very first one made like this, I've wanted to do my own ~ :3 Stunning
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nicely done 
There goes my dream of melting crayons on a canvas with a hairdryer. . . .
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Ha! This is so fun to do. I did several of these a couple months ago. I should upload them.
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Mind if I use this as an inspiration for a work of my own?
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a friend of mine did something like this for an art project
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I wanna do that with a bunch of crayons that I have lying around downstairs in my house from my childhood. I'd probably do just blue and purple tones though at first. What kind of canvas do you recommend?
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I just used a regular painting canvas sitting around my house.
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Its an interesting art concept using heat to make color and texture.
Have you considered applying this technique to 3d objects? If you could make a rig to hold the crayons above something, then you could get it to drip over anything. Could make a series of such work and enter it into a local art exhibit.
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This really is very creative 
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I like the texture of the crayons, I bet it feels weird, anywho really creative picture love it
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It does feel weird, After I finished, I kept rubbing my fingers on it saying to myself, "Ah, it's so smooth
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